The credit unions received more than $4,500 worth of nonperishable food items from the community to benefit the food pantry at the Castle Point veterans hospital.

The "Feed Our Vets" food drive is part of the Catskill/Hudson Chapter of the Credit Union Association of NY annual community outreach initiative.

Each credit union worked together to hold a food drive at all of their branch locations during the month of October.

Representatives from each of the four participating credit unions delivered the donated food items to Castle Point.

APPOINTMENTS

Accounting firm welcomes new employee - Steven Engels, CPA, Gardiner, has joined the firm of Vanacore, DeBenedictus, DiGovanni & Weddell LLP. He is a senior accountant in the audit department of the Newburgh office.

Engels is a graduate of the State University of New York at New Paltz with a degree in accounting.

The firm has offices in Newburgh, Middletown, Wappingers Falls and Tarrytown.

Health Education Center appoints new board member - Rob Lishansky, adult education coordinator for Otsego Northern Catskills BOCES in Milford, has been appointed to Catskill Hudson Area Health Education Center's Board of Directors.

He is responsible for the oversight and implementation of adult GED programs, providing individualized instruction and tutoring for adult GED students and supervising the Practical Nursing Program.

Lishansky is a member of both the Oneonta Town Planning Board and the Advisory Committee to the ONC BOCES Safety and Security Program.

He earned a bachelor's degree with majors in psychology and business economics from the State University of New York at Oneonta and attended the College of St. Rose in Albany, where he received his master's in education with a major in special education.

For more information about Catskill Hudson Area Health Education Center, visit www.chahec.org